Pantaloon-protector



(No Model.)

I. R. HOGEBOOM.

PANTALOON PROTECTOR. No. 320,658. Patented June 23, 1885..

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FRANKLIN R. HOGEBOOM, OF BROOKLYN, NEYV YORK.

PANTALOON-PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,658, dated June 23, 1885.

Application filed February 2, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN R. HOGE BOOM, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pantaloon-Protectors, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to devices for holding up the lower rear portions of the legs of pantaloons, which, when down, fit over or against the heel portion of the boot or shoe, for the purpose of preventing said parts of the pantaloons from trailing in the mud, or from otherwise becoming soiled by coming in contact with the surface of the street or road when in a wet or bad condition.

The object of my. invention is to proyide a cheap, simple, and efficient pantaloon proa.

tector of the description above named,which shall 'be capable of ready application and be free from all objectionable outside or inside exposure or protrusion, and afford a quick and ready means for hitching and holding up the rear lower portion of the leg of the pantaloons to any desired height.

The invention consistsin a simple flat plate or strip,with attached hook or hooks, adapted to lie within and under cover of the rear portion of the bottom hem of the pantaloon -leg and to be secured therein, with the hook arranged to project above the hem, andshaped and constructed so that on lifting the rear hemmed portion of the leg to any desired height the hook may be made to engage with an upper portion of the pantaloonleg to hold up the raised lower portion thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a partly sectional and broken side view of the lower portion of a pantaloon-leg with the holder applied thereto and as holding up the rear lower portion of the leg. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section, upon a larger scale, of the protector as secured to its place within the hemmed portion of the lower end of the leg of the pant-aloons; and Fig. 3, a view in perspective of the protector detached.

A is a thin flat strip of sheet-brass or other suitable metal, stamped or cut, as at b, to form or leave on its inner face any number of longitudinally'arranged clamping tongues or tangs, c, and also pointed at its opposite ends to form additional clamps or clamping-fangs d. This strip is provided on its upper edge with an upper projecting hook, e, pointing outward and rearward and downward. Such hook, or there may be more than one, if desired, may either be formed out of the same piece as the strip A, or it may be made of any suitable different material and be fastened to the strip in any approved manner. Said strip A may be readily bent by hand or otherwise to conform to the interior curvature of the pantaloon-leg, and, if made sufficiently flexible, will readily yield to adapt itself to irregularities of surface, and so avoid every appearance of stiffness.

The protector thus formed and provided is inserted to its place within the upper edge portion of the hem or inner turned-up lower end part, f, of the rear portion of the pantaloon-leg in line with the hem, and so that the hook e projects above the hem and points downward and rearward. The tangs or clamps o d are passed through the inner folded portion of the hem f and turned down or against the same, as more clearly shown in Fig. 2, to securely fasten the holder in place.

To utilize the holder, the lower rear hemmed portion, f, of the pantaloon-leg is raised to any desired height, and with it the hook e of the attached holder, and said hook then made to engage withan exterior upper rear portion of the bottom part of the pantaloon-leg to hold up the raised portion of said leg, as shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawings. When required to let down said raised portion of the leg again, the hook of the protector is readily unhitched from its engagement with the outer portion of the leg, and the protector is then in no wise visible or in the way.

Having thus described my invention, what plate A, having bent and pointed ends (I, I0 I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letand provided with the clamping-mugs c on ters Patent, isits inner surface, and the upwardly-project- 1. A pantaloon-holder consisting of a fiat ing hook e, substantially as herein shown and 5 plate provided on its inner face with claspdescribed.

ing tongues or tangs and on its upper edge FRANKLIN R. HOGEBOOM. with a hook, substantially as herein shown Witnesses: and described. 0. SEDGWIQK,

2. A pantaloon-holder consisting of the EDWD. M. CLARK. 

